Heat content change in the surface isothermal layer of a warm core ring in the sea east of Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-287

  Yoshida, Takashi ^a   Hoshimoto, Mizuho ^a  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat flux; Isothermal layer; Mixed layer; Profiling float; The sea east of Japan; Warm core ring

Indexed keywords

EROSION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA SURFACE; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 33745316088     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0052-8     Document Type: Article

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